Hi.
I want to softmod my wii(4.3E) but my SD card(sandisk 1gb) cannot be formated...it write protected(it has 3-4 undeletable jpegs) can i still use it for softmod ?what can happen if its unformatted?
Thank you!

Hi.
I want to softmod my wii(4.3E) but my SD card(sandisk 1gb) cannot be formated...it write protected(it has 3-4 undeletable jpegs) can i still use it for softmod ?what can happen if its unformatted?
Thank you!

you have a small, very little button on the side of the sd-card. Move it and it will be unprotected.

The softmod would have nothing to do with hardware failure... It is likely something was already wrong with it to begin with.. Softmodding changes the NAND Flash memory.. No hardware is affected..

Thank you for replying.

It worked perfectly before, but I searched for an entire day to find out what the problem was and nobody seems to have it or at least not related to softmodding. I even tried searching on Youtube for the noise it makes but nothing there either (they all have a humming noise of the spinning disc, mine isn't like that).

The discs sound fine when they go in, but make the rattling noise when it tries to load. So I believe the lens working overtime trying to get a read.

I'm guessing the lens is damaged or dirty. Strange though because I tried a GC game and it works fine.

It just seems a massive coincidence that my games can no longer play literally right after the softmod.

@gamer98420 I know you're joking but the only that moved was the SD card going in and out and a GC controller plugged in at one point, then the HDD in.

I don't have any burned games, these are all games I bought.

I will be getting a lens cleaner today and if that doesn't work I will look into replacing the drive.

is the date on your wii right?
it could you have to go a copple of days back to find it
be sure your mac addres is correct

As you can see on the top the date set to 12/12/2011 wich is todays date. I went back at least six month an also foward and nothing. my mac address was check 3 times. Please can you think of something else??
Thanks

Thanks a lot

This is the most helpful and detailed guide on how to softmod your wii. I really appreciate you people for sharing this with the community and as a sign of gratitude I'm making a small donation... ( Much less than what the scammer asked for, but symbolic, as i'm not rich... ) Thank you again!!

First Q is - in Ch. 1, Part 2, the second to last last line says "prepare the SD card" - how am I to do that? Is that something to do while the SD card is in the Wii, or should I take it out at that point? I'm confused.

Am I supposed to literally press the Power Button on the Wii console 3 times, and then the Reset Button 2 times? Or will there be buttons on the screen to press? It seems strange to press the power button while I'm fiddling with the guts of the Wii, it makes me nervous!

I don't have a GC controller (GameCube?) - do I need one?

This part REALLY confuses me, I won't begin until I have this explained clearly. Thanks for the help.